BLC9 Ask the BLC Session Notes

Here are the notes from the BLC 9 Ask the BLC Sunday morning session.

Suggestions on Asessment

• Use multiple T/F
• Concept inventories
• Form questions around breaking (and then fixing) the system
• Student authored questions (practice exams)
• Project 2061 assessment web site, good resource on misconceptions

Student Writing Projects

• Student blogging (give students a daily challenge)
• Student created wiki sites
• Science essays with a lesson on paraphrasing
• Start simple
• Peer reviewed student papers
• New version of Blackboard allows you to include rubrics

Promoting a Collaborative Culture Among Faculty

• HIre a professional facilitator
• Students to help you drive reform
• Blog about your teaching - open and public to promote discussion
• Providing small "learning modules" of resources on particular topics
• Aim to hire new faculty who are committed to teaching

Student Engagement Ideas

• Assign students to small groups at beginning of semester and call on groups
• Start with discussion question - answers revealed during the lecture
• "The Hat" randomly draws names out of a hat (with and drumroll), download
• Active Learning Research Papers in STEM
  

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Flipping the Classroom

• Don't be afraid to fail, not all experiments work perfectly the first time
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